Towards relating the kappa-symmetric and pure-spinor versions of the supermembrane
| dc.creator | Babalic, Mirela | |
| dc.creator | Wyllard, Niclas | |
| dc.date | 2008-08-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:45:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:45:39Z | |
| dc.description | We study the relation between the kappa-symmetric formulation of the supermembrane in eleven dimensions and the pure-spinor version. Recently, Berkovits related the Green-Schwarz and pure-spinor superstrings. In this paper, we attempt to extend this method to the supermembrane. We show that it is possible to reinstate the reparameterisation constraints in the pure-spinor formulation of the supermembrane by introducing a topological sector and performing a similarity transformation. The resulting BRST charge is then of conventional type and is argued to be (related to) the BRST charge of the kappa-symmetric supermembrane in a formulation where all second class constraints are 'gauge unfixed' to first class constraints. In our analysis we also encounter a natural candidate for a (non-covariant) supermembrane analogue of the superstring b ghost. | |
| dc.description | 15 Pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3691 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3691 | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP0810:059,2008 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/059 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201950 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Towards relating the kappa-symmetric and pure-spinor versions of the supermembrane | |
| dc.type | text |